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Linux help?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin| 8 Comments

Hey everyone. I’m having an issue while trying to boot off the live cd I downloaded and burned. I am able to run it on my desktop just fine but when I try to load it on my laptop my screen turns weird. What will happen when I boot is: the ubuntu welcome screen comes up asking me what I would like to do. I choose start ubuntu and hit enter and then a quick message flashes on the top that says “bios bug #81 found” after that the OS starts initializing and during all the system checks I notice another error that reads “error micro code: bcm43xx_microcode5.fw” After that a black grid comes up on the screen and covers the entire screen while a blue/grey blob glows and gets really bright and then slowly fades until the screen is completely blank. Has anyone had this problem or know how I can fix it? Any help is greatly appreciated and the specs on my laptop are on this link:

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-c…5.html?tag=sub

Thanks.

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How to launch Linux Ubuntu, DSL, etc. on Windows 98?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

Hello everyone. Recently I got a computer (Dell that must be as old as the Sun) and it runs Windows 98. It works just fine and I like it. Although I do not like Windows 98. Can anyone tell me how to install Linux on the computer using a live CD? Thank You to who ever contributes their answer!

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What is the best way for me to back up my pc.?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

Hi , I recently did that horrible thing everyone tends to do, I was using the net, I got a virus, and my computer was broken… No backups. I booted to a linux live cd and managed to backup all my necessary files. But the os was another matter.
I tried the acer recovery on windows (which is an acer aspire one net-book) Basically it tries to overwrite c with another partition, stored on the drive. But it refused. I got a bit worried here, thinking the virus got at the partition, or maybe it got corrupt from movement or something. Anyway long story short I found that there was a start up option to a restore program that did not require windows and I got my system back to manufactures settings.
To ease my mind of this happening again I contacted acer, to inquire about some cd’s to back up from in case of future corruptions to the hard drive.
Well I got a reply stating they can re-image the drive for free while under warranty, or to my shock they can send me the cd’s for around £50.
Now I’m not being cheap but £50 is just a disgrace, if AOL can send me 30 cd’s trying to get me onto their service, for free with no postage, then why is a company I already funded charging £50 (and since the only re-image during warranty, it seems like an extra, hidden charge.)
Well obviously I declined the offer, but that leaves the problem of how to backup the partition, any ideas?
Thank you all in advance

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How To Install Puppy Linux To Hard Drive?

Posted on July 10, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

Hi everyone. I have a C drive which I partitioned in Windows to show up as two hard drives. It shows up as C and F. I am using the Puppy Live cd right now and how can I install Puppy to the hard drive so that when I want to use Puppy I don’t have to use the cd? I have tried installing to the hard drive but the boot loader never loads when installed. I don’t even know if I installed a boot loader and I don’t know how. Please help me.

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long survey for everyone?

Posted on July 7, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

and y did u guys remove my old one?

your name
first loves name
favorite animal
favorite book
favorite food
least favorite food
favorite movie
favorite tv show
favorite band/singer
least favorite song
favorite song
favorite dessert
favorite teacher (what subject and what grade)
hobbies
thing you are best at
thing you are worst at
alergies
pets
favorite color
best present you ever got
color of your room
color of your eyes
favorite ice bream flavor
boringest class you ever had
number of siblings
person you can’t stand
worst teacher (subject and grade)
religon
relationship status
favorite sport to play
favorite sport to watch
favorite bottled water
favorite transportaion
dream job
place you live
place you want to live
the beatles or elvis?
dogs or cats, which kind of person are you?
thoughts on onions
favorite bumpersticker
favorite website
favorite t-shirt
which do you use, pens or pencils
type or shoes
computer (mac, windows, linux, ect.)
email (yahoo, gmail, ect.)
IM (aim, msn, ect.)
musc player
favorite CD
favorite album and by who
favorite kind of tape
hours you work a week
ripstick or waveboard
favorite bird
favorite memory or when you were young
ear buds or headphones
do you wear glasses

well thats all i could think of

and please put the question before you answer

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